Element Names
Classical element names. Names that mean fire, earth, air, or water.
 
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FIRE:

• UNISEX:

  1. HUO: Chinese unisex name meaning "fire."

  2. TLACHINOLLI: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "fire."

  3. TLEXICTLI: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "fire navel."

  4. XIPIL: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "noble of the fire."

  5. XIUHCOATL: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "fire serpent" or "weapon of destruction."

• MALE:

  1. ADEN: English variant of Irish/Scottish Aidan, meaning "fire."

  2. ADROUSHAN: Armenian name meaning "temple of fire-worship."

  3. AED (Áed): Old Gaelic form of Irish/Scottish Gaelic Aodh, meaning "fire." 

  4. AEDAN (Áedán): Pet form of Gaelic Áed, meaning "fire."

  5. AEDH (Áedh): Variant of Gaelic Áed, meaning "fire."

  6. AIDAN: English form of Gaelic Áedán, meaning "fire." 

  7. AIDEN: Variant of English Aidan, meaning "fire."

  8. AODH: Myth name of a Celtic sun god. It is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic form of Áed, meaning "fire." 

  9. AODHAGAN (Aodhagán): Pet form of Irish/Scottish Gaelic Aodh, meaning "fire."

  10. AODHAN (Aodhán): Irish/Scottish name, derived from Gaelic Áedán, meaning "fire."

  11. AODHFIN: Irish name meaning "white fire." 

  12. AODHFIONN: Variant of Irish Aodhfin, meaning "white fire."

  13. BRENTON: "Fire town." Habitational name turned surname turned forename, composed of the Old English elements bryne, meaning "fire, flame," and tun "enclosure, settlement, town."

  14. CINAED (Cináed): Scottish/Gaelic name, meaning "born of fire." This is one of the names from which Kenneth was derived. 

  15. CIONAODH: Irish form of Scottish/Gaelic Cinaed, meaning "born of fire."

  16. CONLAED (Conláed): "Purifying fire." Irish/Gaelic name composed of the elements connla "pure, chaste" and aodh "fire."

  17. CONLAODH: Variant of Irish/Gaelic Conlaed, meaning "purifying fire."
  18. CONLETH: Modern form of Irish/Gaelic Conlaed, meaning "purifying fire."
  19. CONLEY: English form of Irish Conleth, meaning "purifying fire."

  20. EDAN: Variant of English Aidan, meaning "fire."

  21. ETHON: "Fiery." Greek myth name of the giant eagle. As punishment for giving fire to mankind, Zeus had Prometheus tied to a rock and let Ethon eat at his liver which regenerated every night. 

  22. GUAFI: Chamoru name meaning "fire."

  23. HADYN: Welsh form of Irish Aidan, meaning "fire."

  24. HRAG: Armenian name meaning "fire."

  25. HUOJIN: Chinese name meaning "fire metal."

  26. IAGAN: Scottish variant of Aodhagan, meaning "fire."

  27. KEEGAN: "Fire." Irish surname transferred to forename use, itself from the Gaelic surname Mac Aodhagáin "son of Aodhagán."
  28. KEGAN: Variant of Irish Keegan, meaning "fire."
  29. KENINA: Scottish feminine form of Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire." 
  30. KENITH: Variant of English Kenneth, meaning both "born of fire" and "comely; finely made."
  31. KENNA: Scottish feminine form of Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire." 

  32. KENNET: Scandinavian form of Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire." 

  33. KENNETH: English form of both Scottish/Gaelic Cinaed "born of fire" and Cainnech, "comely; finely made." 
  34. KENNITH: Variant of English Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire." 
  35. KENNY: Pet form of English Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire." 

  36. KENT: Abbreviated form of Scandinavian Kennet, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire." 

  37. MAIPE: Chamoru name meaning "fiery; hot."

  38. MILINTICA: Nahuatl name meaning "fire; he is waving."

  39. NOOTAU: Native American Algonquin name meaning "fire."

  40. OGNIAN: Variant of Bulgarian Ognyan, meaning "fire."

  41. OGNYAN: Bulgarian name derived from the word ognen, meaning "fire."

  42. PAYTAH: Native American Sioux name meaning "fire."

  43. PLAMEN: Bulgarian name derived from the Slavic element plam, meaning "fire, flame."

  44. PYRRHUS: "Flame-like." Latin form of Greek Pyrros, myth name of a son of Achilles. He was also known as Neoptolemus. 
  45. PYRROS: Original Greek form of Latin Pyrrhus, meaning "flame-like."

  46. ROWTAG: Native American Algonquin name meaning "fire."

  47. SU: Basque name meaning "fire."

  48. VULCAN: Roman myth name of a god of fire, meaning "flash."

• FEMALE:

  1. ADENA: Possibly a feminine form of English Aden, meaning "fire." 
  2. ADENAH: Variant of English Adena, meaning "fire."
  3. ADENE: Variant of English Adena, meaning "fire."
  4. ADINE: Variant of English Adena, meaning "fire."

  5. AZAR: Persian name meaning "fire."

  6. EDANA: Feminine form of English Edan, meaning "fire."

  7. FAJRA: Esperanto name meaning "fiery."

  8. FIAMMETTA: Italian name composed of the word fiamma "fire" and a diminutive suffix, meaning "little fire."

  9. GABIJA: Lithuanian myth name of a goddess of fire. Meaning unknown.

  10. HOURIG: Armenian name meaning "little fire."

  11. HREGHEN: Armenian name meaning "fiery."

  12. KEEZHEEKONI: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "burning fire."

  13. KEGAN: Variant of Irish Keegan, meaning "fire."

  14. KENINA: Scottish feminine form of Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire." 
  15. KENNA: Scottish feminine form of Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire." 

  16. NINA: Native American Quechua name meaning "fire."

  17. UDIA: Variant of Hebrew Udiya, meaning "ember/fire of God."

  18. UDIYA: Hebrew name meaning "ember/fire of God."

  19. URIT: Hebrew name meaning "fire, light."

EARTH:

• UNISEX:

  1. TU: Chinese unisex name meaning "earth, soil."

• MALE:

  1. AATAMI: Finnish form of Adam, meaning "earth."

  2. ÁDÁM: Hungarian form of Adam, meaning "earth."

  3. ADAM: Biblical name of the first man, husband of Eve. There are many theories concerning the derivation of the name, the most likely being the Hebrew word adama, meaning "earth." 

  4. ADAMO: Italian form of Adam, meaning "earth."

  5. ADÁN: Spanish form of Adam, meaning "earth."

  6. ADAO (Adão): Portuguese form of Adam, meaning "earth."

  7. ADDAM: English variant of Adam, meaning "earth."

  8. ADEM: Turkish form of Adam, meaning "earth."

  9. ADHAMH (Ádhamh): Irish form of Adam, meaning "earth."

  10. ADNET: French form of Adam, meaning "earth."

  11. ADNOT: French form of Adam, meaning "earth."

  12. AKAMU: Hawaiian form of Adam, meaning "earth."

  13. ATAM: Armenian form of Adam, meaning "earth."

  14. AZIBO: Egyptian name meaning "earth."

  15. DEMETER: Hungarian form of Latin Demetrius, meaning "loves the earth." Compare with feminine Demeter.
  16. DEMETRIO: Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Demetrius, meaning "loves the earth."
  17. DEMETRIOS: Greek name derived from the name of the goddess Demeter, meaning "loves the earth."
  18. DEMETRIUS: Latin form of Greek Demetrios, meaning "loves the earth."
  19. DIMA: Pet form of Russian Dimitri, meaning "loves the earth."
  20. DIMITAR: Bulgarian form of Latin Demetrius, meaning "loves the earth."
  21. DIMITRI: Variant of Russian Dmitri, meaning "loves the earth."
  22. DIMITRIJ: Slovene form of Latin Demetrius, meaning "loves the earth."
  23. DIMITRIJE: Serbian form of Latin Demetrius, meaning "loves the earth."
  24. DIMITRIOS: Variant of Greek Demetrios, meaning "loves the earth."
  25. DIMITRIS: Variant of Greek Demetrios, meaning "loves the earth."
  26. DIMITRIY: Variant of Russian Dmitri, meaning "loves the earth."
  27. DMITAR: Croatian form of Greek Demetrios, meaning "loves the earth."
  28. DMITRI: Russian form of Greek Demetrios, meaning "loves the earth."
  29. DMITRII: Variant of Russian Dmitri, meaning "loves the earth."
  30. DMITRIY: Variant of Russian Dmitri, meaning "loves the earth."
  31. DMITRY: Variant of Russian Dmitri, meaning "loves the earth."
  32. DMYTRO: Ukrainian form of Greek Demetrios, meaning "loves the earth."
  33. DOMOTOR (Dömötör): Hungarian form of Latin Demetrius, meaning "loves the earth."
  34. DUMITRU: Romanian form of Latin Demetrius, meaning "loves the earth."
  35. EA: Another name the Babylonians called Enki, myth name of a god of creation, wisdom, and keeper of divine laws, meaning either "lord of the earth" or "lord of the underworld." 
  36. EADE: Middle English nickname for Adam, meaning "earth." 
  37. ENKI: Babylonian myth name of a god of creation, wisdom, and keeper of divine laws, and half-brother to Enlil. The name is usually rendered "Lord of the Earth," but it may ultimately derive from en-kur, meaning "lord of the underworld."
  38. ERDMANN: Altered form of German Hartmann, meaning "strong-man," however in the 17th century the first element of this form of the name became associated with German Erde "earth" giving it the meaning "earth-man." 
  39. ERMETE: Italian name derived from the name of the Greek god Hermes, meaning "of the earth."
  40. ERMINIO: Italian form of Roman Herminius, possibly meaning "of the earth."
  41. HERMES: Greek myth name of a son of Zeus and Maia, meaning "of the earth."
  42. HERMINIUS: Roman myth name of one of Aeneas' warriors who was killed by Catillus, a warrior from Tibur, possibly derived from the name of the Greek god Hermes, meaning "of the earth.
  43. MAHKAH: Native American Sioux name meaning "earth."

  44. MILTIADES: Old Greek name derived from the word miltos, meaning "red earth."

  45. MITICA: Pet form of Romanian Dumitru, meaning "loves the earth."
  46. MITJA: Pet form of Slovene Dimitrij, meaning "loves the earth."
  47. MITYA: Pet form of Russian Dmitri, meaning "loves the earth."
  48. QEB: Egyptian name meaning "father of the earth."

  49. TLALOC: Aztec myth name of a god of rain, meaning "of the earth" in the Nahuatl language. 

• FEMALE:

  1. ADAMINA: English feminine form of Adam, meaning "earth."
  2. ADAMINE: Variant of English Adamina, meaning "earth."
  3. ADAMINNA: Variant of English Adamina, meaning "earth."

  4. AVANI: Hindi name meaning "earth."

  5. DEMETER (Dêmêtêr): Greek myth name of a goddess of agriculture, derived from Doric Da-mater, meaning "earth mother." Compare with masculine Demeter.
  6. DEMETRA: Variant of Greek Demeter, meaning "earth mother."
  7. DEMETRIA: Feminine form of Latin Demetrius, meaning "earth mother."
  8. DEMI: English nickname for Latin Demetria, meaning "earth mother."

  9. EARTHA: Old English name meaning "earth."

  10. ERESHKIGAL: Mesopotamian myth name of the goddess of Irkalla, the land of the dead. There are various meanings given for her name: "Lady of the Great Place," "Lady of the Great Earth," and "Lady of the Great Below." 

  11. GAEA: Latin form of Greek Gaia, meaning "earth."

  12. GAIA: Greek myth name of the goddess of earth, wife of Uranus and mother of the Titans, meaning "earth."

  13. GIA: English variant of Greek Gaia, meaning "earth."

  14. HERMIA: Feminine form of Greek Hermes, meaning "of the earth." 

  15. HERMIONE: Greek myth name of the daughter of Menelaus and Helen, derived from the name of the Greek god Hermes, meaning "of the earth."

  16. ILA: Hindi name meaning "earth."

  17. LUR: Basque name meaning "earth."

  18. MAKA: Native American Sioux name meaning "earth."

  19. ONATAH: Native American Iroquois name meaning "of the earth."

  20. PAPA: Maori myth name of the mother of the gods, meaning "earth."

  21. TIERRA: English name derived from the Spanish word for "earth."

  22. TLALLI: Nahuatl name meaning "earth."

  23. TRIA: English nickname for Latin Demetria, meaning "earth mother."

  24. TUWA: Native American Hopi name meaning "earth."

AIR, WIND:

• UNISEX:

  1. ILMATAR: Finnish myth name of an androgynous virgin goddess of the air, derived from the element ilma, meaning "air."

• MALE:

  1. AEOLUS: Latin form of Greek Aiolos, myth name of the god of winds, meaning "nimble; quick-moving."

  2. AETHER: "Light/upper air." Greek myth name of one of the first gods, the son of Erebus and Nyx. He is the god of the pure, upper air that only the gods breathe, as opposed to the gloomy, lower "aer" breathed by mortals.

  3. AETIUS: Roman name derived from the Greek word aetos, meaning "eagle."

  4. AIOLOS: Original Greek form of Latin Aeolus, meaning "nimble; quick-moving."

  5. AMUN: Egyptian myth name of a god of wind and air, meaning "the hidden one."

  6. ANIL: Hindi myth name of a god of the wind, meaning "air, wind."

  7. AVIRA: Aramaic name meaning "air, spirit."

  8. ELLIL: Akkadian form of Sumerian Enlil, name of the chief deity of the Babylonian religion, meaning "Lord Wind," or more literally "Lord of the Command."

  9. ENLIL: Sumerian form of Akkadian Ellil, name of the chief deity of the Babylonian religion, meaning "Lord Wind," or more literally "Lord of the Command." Half-brother to Enki.

  10. ERION: Variant of Albanian Erjon, meaning "our wind."
  11. ERJON: Albanian name meaning "our wind."
  12. ERMIR: Albanian name meaning "good wind."
  13. FENG: Chinese name meaning "sharp blade" or "wind."

  14. GOVAD: Avestan name of one of the 23 Hamkar archangels. Govad's special domain is "wind and waves." His name means "good wind."

  15. GOWAD: Variant of Avestan Govad, meaning "good wind."

  16. ILMARI: Nickname for Finnish Ilmarinen, meaning "air."
  17. ILMARINEN: Finnish myth name of a sky god, derived from the element ilma, meaning "air."
  18. MAKANI: Hawaiian name meaning "wind."
  19. NIYOL: Native American Navajo name meaning "wind."

  20. PHONG: Vietnamese name meaning "wind."

  21. STRIBOG: Slavic myth name of a god of frost, ice, and wind, meaning "flowing god."

  22. WAYRA: Native American Quechua name meaning "wind."

• FEMALE:

  1. ANEMONE: Greek myth name of a nymph who was turned into a wind-flower, derived from the Greek word anemos, meaning "wind."

  2. ANILA: Feminine form of Hindi Anil, meaning "air; wind."

  3. AURA: English name derived from the vocabulary word, itself of Latin origin, meaning "air."

  4. AUREOLE: English name derived from the word aureole, itself a diminutive form of Latin aura, meaning "air."

  5. ERA: Albanian name derived from the element erë, meaning "wind."

  6. ESEN: Turkish name meaning "wind."

  7. HAIZEA: Basque name meaning "wind."

  8. KIWIDINOK: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "of the wind."

  9. MEIFENG: Chinese name meaning "beautiful wind."

  10. TADEWI: Native American Omaha name meaning "wind."

  11. TUULA: Variant of Finnish Tuuli, meaning "wind."
  12. TUULE: Estonian form of Finnish Tuuli, meaning "wind."
  13. TUULI: Finnish name derived from the word tuuli, meaning "wind."
  14. TUULIKKI: "Little wind." Finnish myth name of a forest goddess, composed of the word tuuli "wind" and a diminutive suffix.

WATER:

• UNISEX:

  1. ATL: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "water."

  2. INNA: Russian unisex name meaning "strong water." The name was originally a male name, but became somewhat popular as a religious girl's name due the misidentification of the sex of the Russian martyr Inna, a male student of the Apostle Andrei.

  3. MOANA: Maori unisex name meaning "wide expanse of water."

  4. NAHUATL: Unisex name derived from the name of the Nahuatl language, meaning "four waters." 

• MALE:

  1. BUZIBA: African Ganda name meaning "deep water; open water."

  2. CALDER: "Violent water." English surname transferred to forename use, probably from Calder in Cumbria, composed of the Welsh elements caled "hard; violent," and dwfr "stream, water."

  3. GLENDOWER: English form of Welsh Glyndwr, meaning "valley water."

  4. GLYNDWR: "Valley water." Welsh byname transferred to forename use, composed of the elements glyn "valley" and dwr "water."

  5. LEITH: Scottish surname transferred to forename use, itself from the name of a river of Celtic origin, meaning "flowing water."

  6. MBIZI: Egyptian name meaning "water."

  7. NEREUS: Greek myth name of a god of the sea, derived from the word neros, meaning "water." 

  8. NERIO: Italian name derived from Greek Nereus, meaning "water."

  9. QUAN: Chinese name meaning "spring (of water)." Also a martial arts term meaning "fist."

  10. UISNECH: Celtic name for the Rasena Druids, meaning either "waters of pure spirit," or "seed of the pure." 

  11. UR: Basque name meaning "water."

• FEMALE:

  1. AHAVA: "Water." Hebrew name derived from the biblical name of either a city, or a stream (perhaps both), possibly in Mesopotamia, where the Jewish exiles assembled under Ezra (Ezra 8:21). 

  2. AMADAHY: Native American Cherokee name meaning "forest water."

  3. ANAT: Semitic myth name of a violent war-goddess, and sister of Ba'al/Hadad, meaning "water spring."

  4. ANATU: Variant of Semitic Anat, meaning "water spring."

  5. ARETHOUSA: "The waterer." Greek myth name of one of the Hesperides, and a water nymph (Nereid), daughter of Nereus, who was pursued by Alpheus, the river god. Artemis changed her into a fountain.

  6. ARETHUSA: Latin form of Greek Arethousa, meaning "the waterer."

  7. AYSU: Turkish name meaning "moon water."

  8. MESI: Egyptian name meaning "water."

  9. MOKOSH: Slavic myth name of a water goddess, derived from the word mok, meaning "wet."

  10. NERINA: Feminine form of Italian Nerio, meaning "water."

  11. ODAHINGUM: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "rippling water."

  12. PAVATI: Native American Hopi name meaning "clear water."

  13. SALACIA: Roman myth name of a goddess of salt water, meaning "salt."

  14. SU: Turkish name meaning "water."

  15. TALLULAH: Native American Choctaw name meaning "leaping water."
  16. TALULAH: Variant of Choctaw Tallulah, meaning "leaping water."